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Closer Encounters: 2022 Saves in Review, Part 2
October 18, 2022
Ryan Rufe recaps the saves landscape in this year's NFBC Main Event and shares his own hits and misses from this past season.
Closer Encounters: 2022 Saves in Review, Part 1
October 12, 2022
Ryan Rufe recaps this past season's saves landscape. Just how many teams preferred closer committees over the conventional approach?
Closer Encounters: Trade Deadline Upheaval
August 5, 2022
The trade deadline has left closer situations in flux around the league, but Ryan Rufe is here to break it all down.
Closer Encounters: Midseason Closer Rankings
July 7, 2022
Ryan Rufe gives a tiered ranking of his top 70 closers for the rest of the season, with Clay Holmes jumping up near the top.
Todd's Takes: Not So Dreary, Judging RBI and Bam!
June 23, 2022
Todd Zola gives his thoughts on Wednesday's MLB action, including a reassessment of Brandon Drury's rest-of-season projection.
Closer Encounters: Closer in Waiting Rankings
June 11, 2022
Ryan Rufe explains the thought process behind his Closer in Waiting Rankings.
NL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week
May 29, 2022
Atlanta's top hitting prospect is with the club and Jan Levine sees him playing enough where he should be added ASAP.
MLB Barometer: Risers & Fallers
May 16, 2022
Bryce Harper tops Erik Halterman's list of risers and fallers, as he's slashing .305/.361/.634 even with an injured elbow.
Mound Musings: Life, the Universe and Everything
May 12, 2022
Brad Johnson discusses why he hates the sinker, and in Rotation Ramblings he writes about how Nestor Cortes took a no-hitter, with 11 strikeouts, into the eighth inning of his last start against Texas.
MLB Barometer: Risers & Fallers
May 9, 2022
Erik Halterman uses Monday's column to compare a player's NFBC average draft position to his Earned Auction Value ranking, beginning his analysis with Marlins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez.
Closer Encounters: Leveraging WPA & gmLI to Identify Potential Closers
April 27, 2022
Ryan Rufe analyzes applies a couple of advanced stats to analyze bullpens across the league. Is it time to give up on Jake McGee in San Francisco?
MLB Barometer: Risers & Fallers
April 18, 2022
Erik Halterman looks at players whose stock is rising or falling, starting with the Cubs' Seiya Suzuki, who has done well so far in his transition to MLB.
NL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week
April 17, 2022
Dan Marcus urges you to check and see if Odubel Herrera is still available in your leagues.
Closer Encounters: Clarity, Chaos in First Week
April 14, 2022
Ryan Rufe analyzes what we learned about closer situations in the first week of baseball, including how southpaw Taylor Rogers is fitting in in San Diego.
Mound Musings: Endgame Odyssey – National League
April 7, 2022
Brad Johnson reviews unsettled National League bullpens, starting in St. Louis where Jordan Hicks has recently moved from reliever to starter.
MLB: Clay Link's Main Event Draft and 2022 Player Shares
April 6, 2022
Clay Link reviews the team he drafted in the NFBC Main Event on Tuesday evening and reveals his player shares list at the end of his draft season.
Bernie on the Scene: Final Fantasy Rankings
April 4, 2022
Bernie Pleskoff offers his rankings of designated hitters and relievers, starting with Yordan Alvarez in Houston.
A Tale of Two Main Events
April 4, 2022
How far does Fernando Tatis Jr. have to fall before you'd draft him? Tim Schuler and Jeff Erickson answered that question in the NFBC's Main Event draft.
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